Improvement in trunk-catches



H. VOGLER,

TRUNK CATCHES.

Patented June 26,1877.

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N.PETERS, FHOTO-UTHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

PATENT HERMAN VOGLFR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNK-CATCHES.

Specification forming part ofLettcrs Patent No. 192,355, dated June 26,1877; application led May 21, 1877.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN VOGLER, of' Chicago, Cook county, Illinois,have invented an Improved Trunk-Catch, ot' which the f'ollowing is aspecification:

Figure 1 is a front or face view of my improved trunk-catch. Fig. 2 isa. reverse or hack view ofthe saine, showing it opened.

Fig. 3 is a reverse or back view of the saine,-

showing it closed. Fig. 4 is a vertical central section thereof on theplane of the line c c, Fig. 3.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

rlhis invention relates to a new construction of trunlceatch, and moreparticularly to a new trunk. In the outer face of this shell is acircular recess or depression, a, within which the handle B iscontained. rIhis recess serves to receive and prevent the handle fromprojecting and tearing ladies dresses, or other tender fabrics, that maycome in contact with the shell. The handle B is rigidly mounted upon theouter end otl a. pin or arbor, C, which traverses the center ot' the capor shell A, and y which, on its inner end, carries the catch-bolt D.'lhis eatclrbolt is contained within a recess, b, which is formed on thcinner side otl on the bolt D, rides on a shoulder, e, of the' spring,and the body of the bolt is, by the spring, thrown against the wall otthe recess b, as in Fig. 2, so that thus the catch is properly confinedin the desired position; but when closed to the hook F ofthe trunk-lid,as in Fig.- 3, the bolt is, by the springE, thrown against a projectingstop, j', whichis within the recess b, as shown.

I claim as my inventionrlhc combination of the shell or cap A, which hasthe recess a on its outer face and the recess b on its inner face, withthe handle B, which is placed in said recess a, and with the arbor C andcatch-bolt D, the handle and bolt being both rigidly united to thearbor, but on opposite sides ofthe shell A, substantially as hereinshown and described.

2. The combination ot' the shell or cap A, havin g recess b andprojecting stop f, with the vibrating bolt D, and with the spring Etorming shoulder e, substantially as herein shown and described.

The foregoing description ot' my invention signed by ine this 18th dayof May, A.' D. 1877.

, HERMAN VOGLER. Witnesses:

A. v. BRIEsEN,

ERNEST C. WEBB.

